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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
1360 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 2:58:49 PM
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What's the one vegetable you are really looking forward to planting this summer? As for me it's spinach. I hope to have a large enough patch to freeze a bunch. the hard part will be keeping the grasshoppers out of it.
Best Growing |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 3:34:27 PM
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Okra, i lost last years crop to grasshoppers.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 3:55:22 PM
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Zucchini - it is my favorite every year because of the zucchini recipes I inherited from my grandma.
I have never done well with tomatoes - garden area is too chilly, but we are trying something new with hoop houses this year so hopefully.....
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 05:46:50 AM
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Tomatoes.....every year I plant more and I still don't satisfy my craving.
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
933 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
933 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 05:54:36 AM
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That's a tough one! I think this year I would have to say zucchini, as last year I made zucchini relish for the very first time, and everyone loves it! I had just a small garden last year, so didn't make too much..... this year watch out! Oh, and of course sausage stuffed zukes- yum!
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
Nothing we achieve in this world is achieved alone. It is always achieved with others teaching us along the way. Lee J. Colan
http://theviewfromhere-brenda.blogspot.com/ |
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
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Melina
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Melina
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 07:54:04 AM
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Always, tomatoes. Love the fragrance of the leaves, love to see the rapid growth, love to walk among them and brush against them to release the fragrance, love to watch the tiny fruits swell, love to anticipate the first tart, juicy taste. What's not to love?
The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
1406 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 08:50:21 AM
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grape tomatoes and snap peas! And spinach. Last year I dried tons of spinach and have been adding it to soups, eggs, casseroles, almost every thing with good results
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
Farmgirl #680! |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 12:06:02 PM
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This time of year, I'm ready to plant about anything. We have at least a foot of snow on the garden right now. The first thing that gets planted "out" is the potatoes, followed by onions (mid March). I always start an early (late March) crop of lettuce, radishes, spinach, chard, and green onions. Tomorrow is the big day. First seeds starting here in the house. Parsley!! Middle of Feb, will start peppers, then a few tomatoes. Main crop of tomatoes will be started later.
Searching the seed catalogs. I'm especially watching to catalogs to make sure they say they are not selling Frankenseeds. That probably should be another topic.
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3339 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3339 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 12:15:53 PM
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This year definitely more spinach and more basil...
I experimented with eggplant last year and they took forever---just barely harvested them before a big frost. Our summers up here in the great north woods are short, but sweet!
Melody
Farm Girl #525
www.melodynotes-melodynotes.blogspot.com
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Pamela Joy
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Pamela
Hesperus
CO
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 09:38:36 AM
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Garlic, onions, beets, chard, zucchini! And everything else, but I gotta have those!
Peace, Love, and Joy |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 09:42:10 AM
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Snap peas, tomatoes and eggplant! I can't wait for gardening time =)
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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redbud
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
Christine
Luther
Oklahoma
USA
52 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 4:34:32 PM
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another tomato girl here! Cherry tomatoes especially, love to eat them right off the vine!
to everything there is a season, a time to every purpose under heaven
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craftbug
True Blue Farmgirl
545 Posts
Patsy
Clarkson
Kentucky
USA
545 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 1:02:19 PM
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SugarSnap peas are the first thing I want to grow and taste! :)
Make my words soft and tender, for I may have to eat them. :) |
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fiddlegirl89
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Kayla
Dunnville
KY
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 8:26:08 PM
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Does Cilantro count as a veggie??? If not, it would be tomatoes, I think. I am sooo craving a fried green tomato!
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2010 : 04:00:50 AM
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Zucchini! I'm moving it to the front yard this year. I've had such bad luck with it over the years in the back garden.
I'm tearing out flower beds and moving in veggies!
Farm Girl #790
http://www.xanga.com/My_Pondering_Place
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2010 : 03:49:26 AM
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Zucchini!
Seems you can never get enough, and always get too much when you decide to go on vacation. I may try to stagger plantings so they'll last longer.
I seriously need to invest in a nice deep fat fryer. Fried zucchini and my own fried okra --NOT from Wal Mart's deli case! |
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antoinette
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Toni
East Freedom
PA
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2010 : 10:07:35 AM
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I would love to be able to grow carrots. I have tried every year and still no
carrots. I did peas last year loved them. |
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Species
Farmgirl in Training
29 Posts
Jan
CT
29 Posts |
Posted - Feb 14 2010 : 06:39:35 AM
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| Tomatoes! Big ones, little ones, all different colors. Last year we had a blight in the northeast that wiped out a lot of tomoto plants (including mine). And of course basil for pesto! My favorite cheap dinner: pesto pasta with sliced tomatoes. |
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Jenzi
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Jenna
Berlin
MD
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Posted - Feb 15 2010 : 5:57:40 PM
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| I need much more tomatoes this year, all my cans were gone by late november. Of course,they're a fruit, so I'd have to say peas- love em |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 1:38:16 PM
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Tomatoes and I have to say pumpkins :)
Laurie,
I know too well about the grasshoppers. For the last 2 years we have used Nolo Bait and it has helped alot. It's natural too!
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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